Corn-husker.



- H. RUST.

v CORN HUSKER. APPfI-IOATION FILED SEPT. 12. 1-904.

PATENTED MAR. 13, 1906.

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PATENTBD MAR, 13, 1906.

H; RUST.

CORN HUSKER.

APPLICATION FILED SEPT. 12. 1904.

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Specification of Letters Patent.

Application filed September 12,1904. Serial No. 224,108.

To all whom it may concern: Be it known that I, HENRY RUST, of Worthington, Nobles. county, vMinnesota, have invented certain new and useful Improvements '5 in Corn-Huskers, of which the following is a specification. My invention relates to machines designed to gather and husk the ears of standing corn; an the object of the invention is to provide a machine of light draft, but strong and durable in construction, by means of which the ears of corn can be easily and quickly stripped from the stalks and thoroughly husked Other objects of the invention will appear from the following'detaile'd description.

The invention consists generally in various constructions and combinations, all as hereinafter described, and particularly pointed out intheclaims.

In the accompanying drawings, forming part of this specification, Figure 1 is a plan view of the corn-husker embodying my invention. Fi 2 is a front elevation, partially in section, s owing the position of the operating mechanism. Fig. 3 is a detail showing the'mechanism for driving the belts that straddle the corn rows. Fig. 4 is a vertical section illustrating the manner of driving the stripping-rolls from the traction-wheel. Fig.

5 is a detail of the mechanism for conducting the standing stalks to the stripping-rolls an separating the cars from the stalks and di- Fig.

recting them to" the husking-conveyer. 3 5 6 is a detailof the stripping-rolls, showing th yielding bearings therefor. 1

In the drawings, 2 represents a platfor supported upon the carrying-wheel 3 and the traction-wheel 4. A shaft 5 is mounted on d brackets 6 above the wheel 4 and driven -from said wheel through a sprocket-chain 7. One end of the shaft 5 is provided with a beveled gear 8, meshing with a gear 9 on a shaft 10, and a chain belt 11 connects the opposite end of the shaft 5 with a shaft12. A belt 13 connects the shaft 10 and a short-shaft 14,; mounted in bearings near the platform 2. Upon the forward end of the platforrn2 I arrange standards 15, held in an upright po- 56 sitionby braces 16 and supporting the shaft 12. The standards 15 are connected by a cross-bar 17, wherein the upper ends of the vertical corrugatedstripping-rolls 18 and 19 are j ournaled. The lower ends of these rolls are journaled in arms 20, secured to the standards 15, and said ends are-arranged to the larger roll.

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' slide in said arms by means of bearing-blocks 21 and springs 22 to allow the rolls to sepagrate when the cornstalks pass between them. These rolls are preferably of difierent diameter to allow the ear-stripping knives or fingers to be set in close to the surface of the smaller roll and operate upon the surface. of

In the rear of the strippingrolls the platform 2 is provided with a slot 23,

through which the cornstalks are drawn as the machine passes over the row. The stripping-rolls are provided with gears 24 and 25, meshing with one another, and one of the rolls has a beveled gear 26, meshing with a similar gear 27 on the. shaft 12. Vertical guide-boards 28 are arranged in advance of the stripping-rolls and near the same to aid in directing the cornstalks between them. In front of the smaller roll and near the top and bottom of the same I arrange sprocket-wheels 29, connected by a belt 30, on which at intervals knivesor fingers 31- are secured. These knives or fingers are arranged to travel vertically in front of the stripping-rolls and near the surface of the larger one, and their func- Patented March '1 3, 1906.

tion is to separate those ears from the stalks that are not stripped ofi by the action of the rol s. ed on theshaft 14 and may be driven at any suitable speed, according to the amount of In front of the stripping-rolls I provide arms 32, tapered, preferably, from their rear towardv their forward ends and adapted to straddle a corn row. Within these arms I an upright position and insure the proper The lower sprocket-wheel 29 is mount- I arrange belts 33, driven from shafts 34 near feed of the same towardthe rolls. The

shafts 34 are provided with gears 36, meshat right angles to the direction of the movement of the machine to efiect a side delivery of the ears of corn into a wagon or other rehusking-rolls, which I will designate by reference-numerals 40 and 41, are supported in a frame 42, mounted upon the forward end of the platform 2 in the rear of the draft appliance 43. The roll 41 at its lower end is .provided with gear 44, meshing with a gear ceptacle provided for the purpose. These 45 on a shaft 46, that is driven through a belt 47 from the shaft 14. A platform 48 is pro vided at the outer end of the husking-roll frame, forming a continuation of the surface of the rolls. A shaft 49 is mounted in the outer end of the husking-roll frame, and belts 50 connect the shaft 49 with the shaft 46. The belts 50 are connected by slats 51, which sweep over the surface of the husking-rolls and the platform 48 and gather up and carry along the husked ears of corn and discharge them into the wagon beneath the outer end of the husking-roll frame.

To direct the ears of corn upon the huskingrolls, I prefer to provide a plate 52, hinged at one edge in front of the stripping-rolls and having a rounded forward edge 53 in the path of the cornstalks. When this edge is struck by the incoming cornstalk, the plate will be raised, allowing the stalk to pass, and then the plate will drop down to its normal position in front of the stalk, and when the ear has been stripped therefrom it will fall upon the plate 52, the inclination of which will di rect the ear into the husking-rolls. I prefer alsoto provided guide-boards 54 on each side of the husking-rolls for the purpose of directing the ears of corn to theproper position to be husked.

The operation of the machine is as follows: The apparatus having been set in motion across the field, with the arms 32 straddling a row of corn, the stalks will strike the plate 52 and lifting the same will pass behind it and be engaged by the stripping-rolls and the ears of corn snapped off, those having very tough tenacious stems being stripped or separated by the action of the vertically-moving knives or fingers. The stripping rolls will yield sufliciently to allow the stalks to pass between them, while the ears will fall upon the plate 52 and be guided thereby to the husking rolls. The guide boards will direct the ears of corn to the space between the huskingrolls, and the husks caught between the surfaces of the rolls will be stripped from the ears as they are fed upward by the moving carrier. By the time the ear reaches the top of the rolls the husks will all be removed and ready for delivery to the wagon or bin. The stalks from which the ears have been stripped will pass between the vertical rolls into the slot 23 and from thence under the platform 2, which passes over them.

I claim as my invention 1. The combination, with a wheeled frame, of stripping-rolls vertically arranged thereon, mechanism for driving said rolls, arms provided in advance of said rolls, belts having fingers operating lengthwise of said arms, husking-rolls arranged at an incline, a hinged plate in front of said stripping rolls and adapted to be raised by the engagement of the cornstalk therewith, and said plate being inclined downward toward said huskingrolls to direct the ear of com thereon, substantially as described.

2. The combination, with awheeled frame, of stripping-rolls vertically arranged thereon and revolving toward each other, one of said rolls being of greater diameter than the other, arms arranged to straddle the corn row and direct the stalks to said rolls, and a belt operating vertically near the smaller'of the two stripping-rolls, and provided with knives or fingers arranged to pass near the surface of the larger roll, substantially as described.

3. In a corn-husker, the combination, with a wheeled frame, of upright stripping or snapping rolls mounted thereon, means for guiding the stalks to said rolls, husking-rolls arranged at an incline in front of said stripping-rolls and extending laterally with respect thereto, the lower receiving ends of said husking rolls being contiguous to the lower ends of said stripping-rolls, and means for directing the ears of corn stripped from the stalks by said first-named rolls to the receiving ends of said husking-rolls, substantially as described.

4. The combination, with a wheeled frame, of stripping-rolls vertically arranged thereon, means for guiding the cornstalks to said rolls, husking-rolls provided near said stripping-rolls, a hinged plate arranged in advance of said stripping-rolls and adapted to direct the ears of corn to the receiving ends of said husking-rolls, substantially as described.

5. In a corn-lmsker, the combination, with a wheeled frame, of upright stripping rolls mounted therein, and fingers traveling along in front of and close to said strippingrolls for snapping off the ears of corn that do not readily yield to the action of said strippingrolls, substantially as described.

6. The combination, with a wheeled frame, of corrugated vertically-arranged strippingrolls, mechanism for guiding the stalks of corn thereto, and a belt operating vertically in front of one of said rolls and having a series of fingers that sweep past the surface of the other roll.

7. The combination, with a wheeled frame, of vertically-arranged stripping-rolls carried thereby, means for feeding the cornstalks to' said rolls, a belt provided with a series oflingers operating vertically in front of one of said rolls, and a vertically-arranged guideboard rovided in advance of said rolls, substantizilly as described.

8. The combination, with a suitable frame, of stripping-rolls vertically arranged thereon, husking-rolls arranged at an incline and extending laterally with respect to said stripping-rolls the receiving ends of said. huskingrolls being near and below the level of the lower ends of said stripping-rolls, means for guiding the stalks of corn to said strippingrolls, and a pivoted plate arrangedto direct the ears of corn from said stripping to said huskln rolls. v

9. The combination, with a platform having a slot in its forward ed e and provided with suitable carrying-whee s, of verticallyarran ed stripping-rolls mounted in front of said sot, means arranged to direct the stalks of corn to said rolls, husking-rolls arranged. in advance and at one side of said strippin rolls and inclined u wardly' toward the si e and having operative connections with said shaft to be drlven thereon, iding-arms provided in advance of said str1pping-rolls, husk ing-rolls arranged at an incline in advanceof said stripping-rolls and extending laterally with respect thereto, the receiving ends of i said husking-rolls being near said stripping rolls, and said husking-rolls having driving connections with saidshaft,. substantially as described.

11. In a cornhusker, the combination, with a wheeled frame, of upright strippingrolls mounted thereon, means for guiding the stalks of corn to saidstripping-rolls, means operating in front of said stripping-rolls to snap or break ofi the tough stems connecting the ears and stalks, inclined husking-rolls arranged in front of said stripping-rolls and extending laterally with respect thereto and having their lower-ends contiguous to said strippm -rolls to receive the unhusked ears of corn t erefrom, substantially as described.

'12. In a corn-husker, the combination, with a wheeled frame, of upright stripping or sna ping rolls 'mounted thereon, means for gui 11g the stalks of corn to said snappingrolls, husking-rolls provided in advance of said snapping-rolls and upwardly inclined therefrom and having their lower ends contiguous to the lower ends of said snappingro ls, the unhusked ears of corn passing to said husking-rolls Without passing through or between said snapping-rolls, and means for guiding said ears of corn into said husking-rolls, substantially as described.

13. In acorn-harvester, the combination with upright snapping-rolls, of husking-rolls arranged contiguous to the lower ends of the snapping-rolls and an inclined platform for e conductin the ears from the snapping-rolls to the bus 'ng-rolls r 14. In a corn-harvester, the comb1nat1on with snapping-rolls, of husking-rolls, and a,

yieldingly-supported platform arranged in the interval between the contiguous portions of the snapping and husking rolls. a1

15. In a corn-harvester, the combination with sna ping-rolls, of husking-rolls, and a yielding lnclined platform arranged in the interval between the contiguous portions of the snapping and. husking rolls.

In witness whereof I have hereunto set my hand this 30th day of August, 1904.

' HENRY RUST.

In presence of S. S. SMITH,

O. W. DrEoKHoFF. 

